Combination coal and gas range



T. E. TAYLOR.

COMBINATION GOAL AND GAS RANGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2 1919.

1,347,601, PatentedJuly27, 1920.

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T. E. TAYLOR.

COMBINATION COAL AND GAS RANGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2, 1919.

3 $HEETSSHEET 2- Patented J uly 27, 1920.

T. EQTAYL R. 'COMBINATION COAL AND GAS RANGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2 1919. 1,347,601 Patented July 27, 1920.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3- UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS n TAYLOR, or mAnsrinnn, OHIO, AssIGNoR To THE ECLIPSE s'rovn COMPANY, or MANSFIELD, QI-IIO, A CORPORATION or 01110.

COMBINATION COAL AND GAS RANGE.

Specification of Letters Patent;

Patented July 27, 1920.

Application filed May 2, 1919. Serial No. 294,158.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS E. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Coal and Gas Ranges, of which the following is a specification.

My inventionv relates to improvements in combination coal and gas ranges, the primary object to combine in one stove or range structure coal and gas ranges, each complete in itself, the respective features of each being capable of complete operation-independently of and without any interference with the other and without any change in the respective working parts. i

A further and very-important object of the invention is the provision of an improved range structure embodying an improved arrangement of coal and gas ovens together withimproved coal and gas flues and an improved arrangement of the fire and gas burner boxes and of the up draft or chimney flue adapted to communicate either directly or indirectly with the fire box and provided with independent gas ports or vents adapted to. communicate with the gas flues and burner.

A still further object is the provision of an improved arrangement of top gas burners and burner boxes or compartments therefor, said boxes or compartments being spaced from each other and arranged at the front and rear forming anintervening top coal flue extending over the median portion of said coal oven from the fire box to the opposite or end wall of the coal oven, the end and bottom walls of the coal oven being spaced from the stove casing forming communicating vertically and horizontally extending coal flues surrounding the coal oven, the horizontal or bottom coal flue communicating with the chimney flue at one side of and near the bottom of the coal oven.

With the above mentioned and other ends in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts, hereinafter described, illustrated in one of its embodiments in'the accompanying of this specification, Figure 1, is a top plan view, partly in horizontal section, of a combination range constructed in accordance with this invention, a portion of the top or cover being broken away for the purpose of clearer illustration of the parts.

Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal sectional View, taken on line 22, of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3, a transverse or cross sectional View, taken on line 3-3, of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4, a transverse or cross sectional view, taken on line 44, of Fig. 2.

The improved range structure comprises a suitable range casing 1, which may be of any suitable and convenient form, and is provided with oppositely arranged spaced coal and gas ovens 2 and 3, respectively.

A fire box 4:, and ash pit 5, are interposed between the coal and gas ovens 2 and 3, and the fire box 4:, may be provided with grates 4 and ash deflectors 5, adapted to discharge the ashes into an ash pan 5", held in place by means of ash pan guides 5.

The gas oven'or compartment 3, is provided with a cover or burner plate 6, dividing the same into a lower or broiler oven 3, proper, and an upper or gas oven 3 proper, the gas oven, proper 3 being provided with side walls 3, spaced from the walls of the range casing forming intervening gas oven flues 7 of the indirect type, adapted to carry the products of combustion from the burner 7, below, about and over the walls of the gas oven, the products ofcombustion in the indirect oven flues 7, finally passing over the top wall of the oven through the top gas flue (see Fig. 4) and being then adapted to escape downwardly at the. rear into the chimney flue 8, by means of the flue or draft opening 7".

The walls of the gas oven are provided with rack guides 3 and the walls ofv the broiler oven are provided with rack guides 3, and the gas burner 7, in the present instance, being of the ring type, may be supported by means of hanger brackets 7.

The burner plate or section 6, adapted to be heated by gaseous fuel, may be provided with a pot opening 6, and a lid 6*.

As a means of providing for a direct draft from the fire box to the chimney flue, the latter is provided with a direct draft or port opening 8, the latter being adapted to be damper rod 8 leading front of the range and operating 1n a well 7 controlled by means of a damper 8, adapted to be operated and controlled by means of a forwardly to the lower end of the chimney flue 8, is provided withan indirect draft or port opening 8 at the rear of the range casing and beneath the bottom portion of the coal oven 2.

As a'means of providing ad acent top sections above. the coal oven adapted to be respectively heated by solid and gaseous fuel, the top wall of'the coal'oven is spaced below the'range top or cover-9, and is provided with spaced partition plates 10, which latter, conjointly with the upper marginal edges of the range casing, form spaced burner compartments or boxes 10, said burner compartments'or boxes 10, being arranged at the front and rear of the range top and provided with ring burners 11, (in the present instance four in number) the rear burners 11, being provided with feed necks 11, leading to the front and communicating with the manifold 12, said burner necks 11, being provided with the usual mixer and gas valve'mechanism, and so likewise the front ring burners 11.

The burner necks 11, are preferably covered by means of a cover plate 18; 7

' As a meansof venting the rear burners 11, and burner compartments or boxes 10, the chimney flue is provided with a draft or port opening 8", (See Figs. 1 and 3) said port opening being controlled by 'means of a damper 8, controlled'by means of a rock shaft or rod 8 extending to the front of the range and provided with an operatinghandle 8.

It will be seen that the curved partition plates 10*, of the burner compartments or boxes 10, form an intervening top flue for the products of the solid fuel or coal and that the said top 01' coal flue 14:, extends from the fire box over the coal oven to the wall of the latter opposite to the wall adjacent to the fire box, and as a means of providing vertical and bottom coal flues, the walls of the coal oven are spaced from the walls of the range casing forming a vertical coal flue 15, communicating with the top flue 14, and communicating at the bottom with a bottom or horizontal -coal flue 16, the latter leading under the bottom of the coal oven and diagonally forward to the indirect draft opening 8, the products of combustion of the solid fuel in the indirect flues 14, 15 and 16, takingthe direction indicated by the arrows in Fig. 2, of the drawings, when the direct damper 8*, is closed.

It will thus be seen that the coal and gas ovens are independent of each other and that the indirect oven flues 7*, and that the latter are placed in communication with the chimney flue through the indirect fluelor draft opening 7 l The range-may be provided with a high shelf bracket 17, adapted to support an overhanging shelf 18, and the shelf structure and the adajacent oven wall, may be provided with splasher members 19. r 1

It will be observed hat the chimneyfine 8, is arranged at the rear'casing wallrand that the same extends diagonally thereover and the .ends' thereof overlap the walls thereof opposite the'coal oven'and gas oven fines and are provided with the indirect draft or port'openings V8 .and 7 to communicate therewith.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with'the accompanying drawings, it will be ObVlOllS. that the arrangement of will also be obvious that in the operation of the coal range the gas oven will be heated enough to 'make it a desirable warming closet.

It will also be seen that the fire box and the chimney flue, together with the indirect openings 7* and 8*, are so located with respect to the coal and gas ovens thatthe latter may be economically heated by either solid or gaseous fuel, or both, without change in stove parts;

It should'also be'understood that the use of the terms coal and gas with reference to the coalrand gas features of the improved range has been one of convenience of expression rather than restriction, and that the term coal includes the products of combustion arising from such solid fuels as coal, coke, wood, and the like, and that the term gas includes such gaseous fuels as natural and artificial gas, vapors arising from oil, and thelike.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the operation and advantages of my invention will readily appear.

Having thus described one of the embodiments of my invention,'what I claim and desire to'secure by Letters Patents, is,

1. In a cooking range, a casing having heated by a fire box and provided with a chimney flue said casing having separate indirect coal and gas flues surrounding said coal and gas ovens, respectively.

2. In a combination range, a casing provided with coal and gas ovens surrounded by separate indirect flues, a fire box between said ovens and heating the latter, and a chimney flue having a damper opening communicating with said fire box and communicating with said indirect flues.

3. In a combination range, a casing, coal and gas ovens therein surrounded by separate indirect flues, a fire box between and in contact with said coal and gas ovens and adapted to heat the same, and a chimney flue having a damper opening intermediate its ends communicating with said fire box, and

terminal openings communicating with said indirect flues.

4. In a cooking range, a casing having coal and gas ovens spaced from each other and heated by means of an intervening fire box and ash pit, said ovens being surrounded by separate indirect flues, and said casing being provided with a chimney flue extending at the rear of said fire box and coal and gas ovens and provided with direct and in direct flues communicating with said fire box and surrounding said coal and gas ovens, respectively.

5. In a cooking range, a casing having coal and gas ovens and an intervening fire,

box and ash pit, said ovens being spaced from said casing and the latter being provided with separate indirect flues, surrounding said ovens said casing being also provided with a chimney flue extending across the rear end of said fire box and having its ends terminating at the rear of said coal and gas ovens, and said chimney flue being provided with intermediate and end ports communicating with said fire box and with said indirect flues surrounding said coal and gas ovens, respectively. p 6. In a combination range, the combination with a casing provided with oppositely arranged spaced coal and gas ovens, said casing being provided at one side with a chimney flue having direct and indirect draft openings, said direct draft opening communicating with said fire box, one of said indirect draft openings being arranged beneath said coal oven, indirect coal flues surrounding the top,-end and bottom walls of said coal oven, and separate gas burner sections arranged above said, coal oven, one of said sections being provided with a draft port communicating with said chimney flue. 7. A combination range, comprising a casing provided with laterally spaced coal and gas ovens having independent coal and gas flues, a fire box between and in heating contact with said ovens, a chimney 'flue at one side of said casing extendingv partially across said ovens and provided with independent flue ports communicating with said coal and gas flues, respectively, and indirect coal flues surrounding said coal oven and communicating with said fire box and with one of said flue ports below said coal oven.

8. A combination range, comprising a casing provided with laterally spaced coal and gas ovens having independent coal and gas flues, a fire box between and in' heating contact with said ovens, a chimney flue at one side of said casing and having its ends extending over said ovens terminating in flue ports communicating with said coal and gas flues, respectively, and an indirect coal flue surrounding said coal oven and communicating with said fire box and with one of said flue ports at the rear of said casing below said coal oven.

9. In a combination range, a fire box and ash pit, coal and gas ovens surrounded by indirect flues and arranged on opposite sides of and heated by said fire box and ash pit, and a chimney flue having direct and indirect draft openings, said direct draft openingv communicating with said fire box, and said indirect draft openings being arranged above and below said coal oven, said indirect draft opening above said coal oven communicating with gas oven flues and the burner of said gas oven, and the other indirect draft opening communicating with said indirect coal flues surrounding said coal oven.

10. In a combination range, including a casing and a fire box and ash pit, coal and gas ovens arranged on opposite sides of andheated by said fire box and ash pit,-said coal oven being surrounded by an indirect coal flue, gas burners and gas burner boxes on top of said coal oven, and a chimney flue having direct and indirect draft openings, said direct draft opening communicating with said fire box, and said indirect draft openings being arranged above and below said coal oven, one of. said draft openings above said coal oven communicating with said gas burner boxes and said gas oven flues, and said indirect draft opening below said coal ov en communicating with oven.

11. A combination range, comprising a casing provided with a fire box and ash pit and coal and gas ovens arranged on opposite sides thereof, said casing being provided with a chimney flue having a direct draft damper opening communicating with the rear end of said fire box and having its ends extending over the casing at the rear of said coal and gas ovens and provided indirect coal flue surrounding said coal with indirect flue openings, said casing one of said indirect flue openings beneath the inner bottom corner portion of said coal oven. I a

12. In a combination range, the combination with a casing provided with oppositely arranged spaced gas burner sections and spaced coal and gas ovens, said casing being provided at one side witha diagonally extending chimney flue having direct and indirect draft openings, said direct draft opening communicating with said fire box and being provided with a damper, one of said indirect draft openings being arranged beneath said coal oven, and the others communicating with said gas burner sections ind gas oven, and indirect coal fiues surrounding the top, end and bottom walls of said oven and communicating with said indirect draft openings.

13. A cooking stove, comprising an oven, a fire box, spaced burner compartments on top of said oven at the front and rear forming atop flue extending horizontally from saidfire box over the median portion of said oven, a gas oven on the opposite side of said fire box, and having indirect surrounding gasflues, a chimney flue provided with a damper opening communicating with said fire box and provided with an inlet port communicating with said gas fines around said gas oven, a vertical flue extending alongthe oven on the side opposite said fire box, a bottom flue communicating therewith and passing under said coal oven and communieating with the bottom of said chimneyflue, and a gas chimney port leading from one of said burner compartments to said chimney fine.

14. A cooking stove, comprising a coal oven, a fire box, a pair of spaced burner compartments on top of said coal oven forming an intervening top flue extending from said fire box over said coal oven,a broiler oven on the opposite side of said fire box and a superposed gas oven, a chimney fiue provided with a damper opening communicating with said fire box and provided with an inlet port communicating with said gas oven, a vertical flue extending down along the coal oven on a side opposite the side adjacent said fire box, a bottom flue communicating with said vertical flue and passing under said coal oven and communicating with the bottom of said chimney fiue, and a gas damper opening leading from said burner compartment to said chimney fiue. r

15. A combination range, comprising a casing having burner top sections spaced from each other forming an intermediate top fine for the products of solid fuel, op-

positely arranged spaced coal and gas ovens in said casing, a fire box and ash pit interposed therebetween, said fire box being in heating proximity to said coal and gas ovens,

a chimney flue at one side of said casing extending'across the ends of said coal and gas ovens, a direct draft damper opening communicatingv with said fire box, a vertical flue at that side of the oven opposite the fire box communicating with said top fine, a horizontal flue leading under the oven from said vertical fine and communicating with said chimney flue, a burner disposed in said gas oven, and gas oven burner fines leading from said burner to said chimney fine.

16. In a combination coal and gas range, the combination with a casing provided at one side with a broiler oven and a superposed gas oven, a fire box interposed between and adapted to heat said coal oven and said broiler and gas ovens, a chimney fine at one side of said casing provided with direct and indirect draft openings, said direct draft opening communicating with said fire box, and said coal oven being provided with an indirect coal flue passing over its median portion forming separate burner compartments above said coal oven, one of said burner compartments communicating with said chimney flue, down and bottom flues surrounding said coal oven and communicating with said indirect coal fine and one of. said indirect draft openings, and said gas oven being provided with an outlet port communicating with said chimney fine.

17 In a combination coal and gas range, the combination with a casing provided at one .side with a broiler oven and a superposed gas oven, a fire box and ash pit interposed between said coal oven and said broiler oven, said fire box being adapted to heat said coal and broiler ovens, a chimney flue at one side of said casing provided with direct and indirect flue openings, said direct flue opening being provided with a damper and communicating with said fire box, and said coal oven being provided with an indirect coal flue over its top having separate burner compartments, one of said burner compartments communicating with said chimney flue through one of said indirect flue openings, down and bottom flues adjacent said coal oven and communicatingwith said indirect coal fine at the top and said indirect draft opening at the bottom of said coal oven, andsaid gas oven being provided with a gas vent communicating with said chimney fine.

18. A combination range, comprising a casing having burner top sections spaced from each other forming an intermediate horizontal fine for the products of solid fuel, oppositely arranged spaced coal and gas ovens in said casing, a fire box interposed therebetween and adapted to heat the same, a chimney flue extending diagonally of said casing and over the adjacent walls of said coal and gas ovens, adirect draft opening communicating with said fire box, a vertical flue at that side of the oven most removed from the fire box and communicating with said horizontal flue at the top, a horizontal flue leading under the oven from said vertical flue and communicating with said chimney flue, a burner disposed in said gas oven, and ports leading from one of said burner top sections and gas oven respectively to said chimney flue, whereby said ovens may be economically heated by either solid or gaseous fuel or both without change in stove parts.

19. In a cooking range, the combination with a casing having adjacent top sections respectively heated by solid and gaseous fuel, oppositely arranged coal and gas ovens in said casing, a fire box and ash pit interposed therebetween and in heating contact therewith, an up flue at one side of said casing and said gas and coal ovens, a direct draft damper opening communicating with said fire box, an indirect coal flue extending over said coal oven intermediate said gaseous fuel top sections, said coal oven having its walls spaced from said casing forming down and bottom coal flues communicating with said indirect coal flue, said bottom coal flue being provided with an indirect coal flue opening communicating with said up draft coal flue, and a gas vent damper opening communicating between said up draft coal flue and one of said gaseous fuel sec tions.

20. In a cooking range, the combination with a casing having adjacent top sections respectively heated by solid and gaseous fuel, oppositely arranged ovens in said casing adapted to be heated by solid and gaseous fuel, a fire box interposed between and adapted to simultaneously heat said ovens, an up or chimney flue at the side of said casing and the ends of said ovens, a direct draft damper opening communicatlng with said fire box from said chimney flue, an indirect flue for the products of the solid fuel extending over one of said ovens and intermediate said gaseous fuel heated top sections, said oven having its walls spaced from said casing forming down and bottom flues-communicating with said indirect flue, said bottom flue being provided with an indirect flue opening communicating with said chimney flue, and a gas vent damper open- .ing communicating between said up draft coal flue and one of said tions.

21. A combination range, comprising a casing having oppositely arranged coal and gas ovens, a fire box interposed therebetween and adapted to heat the same, a chimney flue communicating with said fire box and provided with a flue opening communieating with the gas ovens at the upper portion of said casing, front and rear top burner boxes spaced from each other forming a top flue extending over said coal oven from saidfire box, a vertical fiue' extending down the side of said oven on the side 0 posite saidfire box, a bottom flue passing under said coal oven, a port placing the chimney flue in communication with the rear top burner box, and a damper adapted to open and close communication between the chimney flue and the fire box for forming direct or indirect drafts.

22. A combination range, comprising coal and gas ovens, a fire box therebetween and gaseous fuel secin heating proximity thereto, a chimney flue' communicating with said fire box and provided with a flue opening communicating with the gas oven, top burner boxes spaced from each other forming a median top flue extending from said fire box to the opposite wall of said coal oven, a vertical flue extending down the side of said oven on the side opposite and away from said fire box, a bottom flue communicating with said vertical flue and passing under said coal oven, a port placing the chimney flue in communication with the bottom flue, a damper opening and damper placing the chimney flue in communication with one of said top burner boxes, and a damper opening adapted .to open and close communication between the chimney flue and the fire box and forming direct and indirect drafts, respectively.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature. 

